Homeless Youth Services

Homeless children are entitled the protections of the McKinney-Vento Act. The Act defines homeless children as “individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.” The act goes on to give examples of children who would fall under this definition:

Children sharing housing due to economic hardship or loss of housing;

Children living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camp grounds due to lack of alternative accommodations;

Children living in emergency or transitional shelters;

Children awaiting foster care placement;

Children whose primary nighttime residence is not ordinarily used as sleeping accommodation (e.g. park benches, etc);

Children living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations